TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp raised its annual net profit forecast by 13 percent on Wednesday, backed by a weaker yen that makes exports more profitable and by solid vehicle sales in the United States, its biggest market.

DETROIT - US safety regulators have opened an investigation into an estimated 61,000 Volkswagen Tiguan sport utility vehicles in the United States after receiving complaints about the loss of exterior lighting.

TOKYO - Nissan Motor Co Ltd will start selling Infiniti badged cars in Japan for the first time, the company said, as it tries to position the second-tier luxury brand as a global competitor to prestige European cars.

The last Isuzu road trip held last week on a 260-km route from Iloilo City to Caticlan in Aklan was quite unusual for me because I didn’t do any driving on the first day. Quite indisposed after breakfast at the NAIA 2 terminal, I took to the passenger cabin of the all-new Isuzu D-Max 4x4 as soon as we arrived at the Iloilo Airport. With me in the unit were Ray Butch Gamboa producer-host of the long-running TV shows Motoring Today, Autofocus and Business and Leisure, Pinky Colmenares, executive editor of Manila Bulletin, and Nobuo Izumina, president of Isuzu Philippines Corporation who joined a media test drive for the first time since taking his new post early this year.

The 2103 Manila Auto Salon, the biggest car show focused on the automotive aftermarket and considered as the toughest competition to enter for the custom car , sport truck and tuner enthusiasts will be held November 14 to 17, at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia.

The City Council of Santa Rosa has expressed its commitment towards bridging local, regional and national efforts to accelerate the development of automotive and automotive parts manufacturing industry subsectors, and to address new and emerging industry challenges.

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